Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1032 · Decided 7 August 2009
Metropolitan Transport Corporation v. V. Venkatesan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1032 · [2009] 12 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5167/2009
- Decided
- 7 August 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 33C(2)
Headnote
> -I Industrial disputes Act, 1947: s.33C(2) - Back wages - Reinstatement of terminated employee - During period of termination, he was enrolled as an advocate and practiced till c date of reinstatement - Labour court allowed claim of employee to the extent of Rs.6.54 lacs towards full back Employee not entitled to full back wages - Income received from profession has to be treated as income from gainful employment - Reasonable D '( ·~ deductions to be made while determining back wages - In the ends of justice, employee awarded back wages of Rs.4 lacs instead of 6.54 lacs.
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